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Dick Burns BY MARY LANCASTER INDEPENDENT WRITER Date of birth March 8, 1940 Likes best about Nantucket The sense of community. He said he felt he was home soon after moving here. Likes least about Nantucket Development, though he knows it is an economic inevitability. More ...
No one was seriously injured when a truck driven by William P. Thomas, 70, of 8 Thirty Acres Lane, crashed through a fence and into the living room of Francis and Anne Marie Hunter at 10 Thirty Acres Lane at 1 p.m. Saturday. Thomas, who was charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, tol... More ... HDC: Public safety complex design needs additional work PLANNING BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Although it liked what it saw overall, the Historic District Commission told architect Michael McKeon of Kaestle Boos Associates of Foxboro that his design for a new 43,406-square-foot public safety complex needs a lot of work. More ...
Katherine E. Bedell, 32, of 53 Cato Lane, had Dec. 30, 2007 charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth. Bedell had a Jan. More ... Board trims budget requests Selectmen deny nearly $1 million in proposed items BY PETER A. SUTTERS JR. INDEPENDENT WRITER The Board of Selectmen last week denied just under $1 million in budget spending requests to avoid asking voters to approve an override at April's Town Meeting. The Department of Public Works took the biggest hit when its request for an additional $720,000 for road improvements was turned down. More ... MILESTONES BIRTHS Willasia Michelle Thompson was born at Nantucket Cottage Hospital on Feb. 12, 2008 weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces. She is the daughter of Michelle and William Thompson and sister of Willannia Thompson of Nantucket. Her grandparents are Blanche Finegan of Montego Bay, Jamaica and Pauline Hammond ... More ...
Black Nantucket and the Abolitionist Press, 1832-48 by Justin Parisau Justin A. Pariseau, a 2003 graduate of Boston College and recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, completed a research thesis in his senior year called, "A Separate World: Black Nantucket and the Fight for Equality, More ...
TRANSPORTATION BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER The placement of stop signs and redirection of traffic flow at several key downtown streets could substantially alleviate congestion in the summer during boat arrivals and departures. Culled from short-term recommendations from the Downtown Circulation and Ferry Access Improvement Study, complete... More ...
WEEKLY UPDATE: Terminal demolition begins and foundation work continues Demolition of the east end of the existing terminal began this week. Concrete work on the new foundation continues and the airport expects it to be completed soon, certainly in time for the arrival of the steel framing at t... More ... Harbor Overlay articles questioned Proposals would preserve t water-dependent uses along t 20 percent of waterfront BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER The Planning Board cruised through its slate of Town Meeting recommendations for municipal r zoning articles on Feb. 21, only getting hung up on the r three articles pertaining to the proposed Harbor Overlay District. More ...
After site reviews by the town and the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act office revealed greater issues than Madaket Marine could iron out before its scheduled public hearing with the Conservation Commission on March 12, the west end boatyard pulled its notice of intent for a proposed expansi... More ...
• Approved a request from Rusty's Outdoor Power Equipment for a license to sell trailers in order to tow trailers from the Steamship Authority to its retail location. • Approved the renewal of an aquaculture license for Jamie Marks to grow and harvest oysters in Coskata Pond. The lice... More ...
1. A number of unspecified additional things; 2. pl. additional items, odds and ends DOLPHIN SIGHTING Apair of common dolphins believed to have become disoriented at sea, are now trapped in Hither Creek on the south side of Millie's Bridge, swimming in circles and unable to find their way back out to open waters. One of the dolphins appears to be ailing. More ...
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For being such an unassuming and short little month, February sure has a lot going on. It starts off with that arbiter of weather, Groundhog's Day, followed by other special days, Valentine's and President's days. More ...
books Nantucket Atheneum 1 India Street, 228-1110 "Where the Giant Sleeps" by Mem Fox, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky Mem Fox, renowned for reaching preschoolers through her rhymes and stories, has created a sweet and fantasy full lullaby accompanied by beautiful gouache illustrations by Vladmim... More ... |
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